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B. J. OQUINN.

DOOR SECURER.

Patented Sept.

UNITED STATES BRYANT J. OQUINN, OF KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA.

PATENT OFFICE.

DOOR-SECURER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 435,589, datedSeptember 2, 1890.

Application filed April 9, 1890i Serial No. 347,176. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

3e it known that I, BRYANT J. OQUINN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kis siniinee, in the county of Osceola and State of Florida,have invented a new and useful Door Securer, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in door-securers.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple andinexpensive door-securer adapted to be conveniently carried in thepocket and capable of being quickly applied and adjusted to a doorwithout disiigu ring the casing.

rFhe invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claiins hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 'l is a perspective view of a door-securerconstructed in accordance with the invention and showing the position ofthe parts when applied toa door. Fig. is a similar view, illustratingthe position of the parts when arranged to be carried in the pocket.Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view, the parts being in the positionshown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the key.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, l designates a plate constructedof suitable metal, preferably springsteel, and composed of leaves 2 and3, which are formed of a single piece of inetal doubled upon itself toprovide a cylindrical eye 4l, which gives the plates a certain aniountof spring and enables them to be spread. The plate 3 is provided at itsfree end with a blade 5, formed by bending the end of the plate at rightangles and adapted to engage the casing of the door to secure the platethereto. The plate l is designed to be arranged flat against the casingand have its blade inserted in the same, and it is retained againstlateral movement, and the displacement of the blade is prevented by thedoor when closed, and the leaves 2.and 3 of the plate are provided withslots G, through which is passed a wedge-shaped key 7, that engages thecasin g and the door and prevents the latter being opened. Should thespace between the casing and the door be greater in width than thethickness of the plates, the latter inay be spread and plugged withpaper or some similar substance which will hold them spread and enablethem te lill the space, which will prevent the blade becomingaceidcntally displaced. The key 7 when not in use is arranged betweenthe leaves 2 and 3 of the plates and is retained in that position by aprojection or point S, which is formed by striking up the metal of theslot 6, and which engages a central perforation f) of the key, and thesaid key 7 has its outer edge bent upon itself to form a bead 10, whichprovides a casing to receive the blade 5 and prevents a person being cutwhile carrying the device, and also protects the pocket from in j u ry.In placing the key between the plates it is arranged edgewise to theplate with its bead or casin g opposite the blade, and it is slippedlaterally between the plates, the blade lying in the bead or casing andthere being sufficient room between the edge of the easingand the key topermit the passage of the plate 3.

From the foregoing description and the accompanying drawings theconstruction, op eration, and advantages of the invention will readilybe understood.

That I claim is- 1. A door-securer consisting of a plate l, providedwith the blade 5 and constructed of a single piece of metal bent .uponitself to form the leaves l and 3, and the cylindrical eye 4, said platebeing provided with the slot 6, and the wedge-shaped key constructed ofsheet nietal and adapted to engage this slot and fit between the leaveswhen not in use, substantially as described.

2. A door-securer consisting of the plate l, provided with the blade 5and the slot G and constructed of a single piece of metal bent uponitself to forni the cylindrical eye and the leaves 2 and 3, and thewedge-shaped key adapted to be arranged when not in use between theleaves 2 and 3 and provided with the bead or casing l0 to receive theblade, substantially as described.

3. A door-securer consisting of the plate l, having the blade 5 and theslot G and constructed of a single piece of metal doubled to form thecylindrical eye 4 and the leaves IOO 2 and 3, Said plate being` providedwith a pro my own I have hereto eixed mysiguatui-e in jeetion o1' pointS, and the Wedge-shaped key presence of t-Wo Witnesses. having aperforation 9, adapted to be engaged f by said point or projection andbeing1 pro- BRYANT J. OQUINN. 5 vided with the bead oi' easing l0,adapted to Yv'i'messes:

receive the blade 5,substantiallyascieseribed. J E. FOXWORTHY,

In testimony that I Claim the foregoing' as i). B. LAMB, J 1.

